Stones Throw will always get cred from me. I'm listening to Madvillain while writing this as we speak. They forever get the clearance because we got one of the best albums of all time from them. Now if you are a deep-rooted fan of Madlib and J Dilla you'll know how it all came to be for the most part. Most of the time its fanservice and it's totally delightful. I greatly respect the filmmakers because they took the time to understand why people are so attached to Stones Throw Records and the music they helped make popular in the underground producing some of the best music ever made.
Following from the initiation of Stones Throw to the present day (2013 at the time of the making of this doc) we get to see how exactly the label came to be and how people became so fascinated with the music they help curate and produce. Let's face it if your label doesn't have the talent and know how then it will for sure be dead in the water. More importantly, it has to have music that people will want to buy/stream/or see live. Stones Throw had that and still has that in abundance showcasing the humble beginnings of Peanut Butter Wolf and Charizma to the meteoritic rise with instant classics like JayLib and Madvillainy. What I think is going to be the mainstay for a lot of people is the archival footage showing the making of the music that we've all fallen in love with at this point. I think for me an emotional high point was the tribute to J Dilla which did reach and tug at my heartstrings. It was honestly moving because you get to see how much people respected him for the mastery of his craft, not to mention the filmmakers showed a lot of love to a legend gone too sone. We also get to see how Stones Throw dealt with the loss of one of the faces of their label and how they expanded outside of just underground rap. Not to mention we see what happens with the rise of streaming and how it affected smaller record labels.
What is going to make people want to watch this is the interviews with Madlib, Peanut Butter Wolf, Kanye, Common, Talib, Tyler The Creator, and many many more that people who live and breathe hip-hop will appreciate seeing. I know I did because I just wanted to hear these guys talk about what made these records so special and what made them tick and why they themselves were so enamored by the classics. To me, that was one of the most fascinating bits of the documentary for sure as it gave me insight into how these legends thought about the people they looked up to and how they appreciated the music that made they have a deeper love the art.
Stones Throw will always get cred from me. I'm listening to Madvillain while writing this as we speak. They forever get the clearance because we got one of the best albums of all time from them. Now if you are a deep-rooted fan of Madlib and J Dilla you'll know how it all came to be for the most part. Most of the time its fanservice and it's totally delightful. I greatly respect the filmmakers because they took the time to understand why people are so attached to Stones Throw Records and the music they helped make popular in the underground producing some of the best music ever made.
Following from the initiation of Stones Throw to the present day (2013 at the time of the making of this doc) we get to see how exactly the label came to be and how people became so fascinated with the music they help curate and produce. Let's face it if your label doesn't have the talent and know how then it will for sure be dead in the water. More importantly, it has to have music that people will want to buy/stream/or see live. Stones Throw had that and still has that in abundance showcasing the humble beginnings of Peanut Butter Wolf and Charizma to the meteoritic rise with instant classics like JayLib and Madvillainy. What I think is going to be the mainstay for a lot of people is the archival footage showing the making of the music that we've all fallen in love with at this point. I think for me an emotional high point was the tribute to J Dilla which did reach and tug at my heartstrings. It was honestly moving because you get to see how much people respected him for the mastery of his craft, not to mention the filmmakers showed a lot of love to a legend gone too sone. We also get to see how Stones Throw dealt with the loss of one of the faces of their label and how they expanded outside of just underground rap. Not to mention we see what happens with the rise of streaming and how it affected smaller record labels.
What is going to make people want to watch this is the interviews with Madlib, Peanut Butter Wolf, Kanye, Common, Talib, Tyler The Creator, and many many more that people who live and breathe hip-hop will appreciate seeing. I know I did because I just wanted to hear these guys talk about what made these records so special and what made them tick and why they themselves were so enamored by the classics. To me, that was one of the most fascinating bits of the documentary for sure as it gave me insight into how these legends thought about the people they looked up to and how they appreciated the music that made they have a deeper love the art.
